19990301: Fire Wx-Miami-NOUS (fwd)

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• Subject: 19990301: Fire Wx-Miami-NOUS (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:57:50 -0700 (MST)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
115 AM EST FRI FEB 26 1999

TO:      FAMILY OF SERVICE /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
         WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...FEDERAL
         AND NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:    THERESE Z. PIERCE
         CHIEF...INTEGRATED HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CORE
         NWS OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY

SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY TO NWS MIAMI
         EFFECTIVE MARCH 15 1999

EFFECTIVE MONDAY MARCH 15 1999 AT 1200 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME
(700 AM EST)...SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND
ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS...INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER WATCHES
AND RED FLAG WARNINGS...FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA
WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NWS OFFICE AT MIAMI FLORIDA. THESE
PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES...

GLADES...HENDRY...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...BROWARD...MONROE AND DADE.

THE SERVICE TRANSFER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN
OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT AND WILL ENABLE THE MIAMI NWS OFFICE
TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES
THEREBY PROVIDING AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER SERVICE FOR
SOUTH FLORIDA  AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREAS:

               EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
               BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE

CUSTOMERS OF NWS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN THESE LAND
MANAGEMENT AREAS SHOULD NOTE THAT...COINCIDENT WITH THE ASSUMPTION
OF SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY BY THE MIAMI NWS OFFICE...ALL PRODUCTS
WILL BE ISSUED UNDER NEW PRODUCT IDENTIFIERS. THE IDENTIFIERS AND
THEIR ASSOCIATED WMO HEADERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

          MIAFWFMFL FNUS52    ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST
          MIAFWLMFL FNUS82    LAND MANAGEMENT FORECAST
          MIAFWMMFL FNUS82    MISCELLANEOUS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
          MIAFWNMFL SHUS82    FIRE WEATHER NOTIFICATION MESSAGE
          MIAFWOMFL SHUS62    FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
          MIAFWSMFL FNUS72    FIRE WEATHER SUPPRESSION FORECAST
          MIARFDMFL FNUS62    RANGELAND FIRE DANGER FORECAST
          MIARFWMFL WWUS82    RED FLAG WARNING
          MIASMFMFL FNUS72    SMOKE MANAGEMENT WEATHER FORECAST

THE ISSUANCE OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE BASED ON SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
ESTABLISHED IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH BOTH FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. HOWEVER...CURRENT LEGISLATIVE POLICY
PROHIBITS THE NWS FROM PROVIDING NON-ROUTINE FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS
TO NON-FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...EXCEPT IN DIRECT SUPPORT
OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION.

PLEASE NOTE...SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FAMILY OF SERVICES (FOS) AND THE
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK (EMWIN) MUST TAKE THE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE RECEIPT OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS.

TO REPEAT...THE NWS OFFICE IN MIAMI FLORIDA  WILL ASSUME SERVICE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PREPARATION AND ISSUANCE OF FIRE WEATHER
PRODUCTS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA BEGINNING MONDAY MARCH 15 1999 AT 1200
UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME...700 AM EST.


QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SERVICE TRANSFER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:

       RUSSELL PFOST                 JUDSON LADD
       METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE       REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER
       NWS FORECAST OFFICE           NWS SOUTHERN REGION HQ
       11691 SW 17TH STREET          819 TAYLOR STREET ROOM 10A26
       MIAMI FLORIDA 33165           FORT WORTH TEXAS 76102

       TELEPHONE: 305-229-4500       TELEPHONE: 817-978-2652 EXT 109